Power HD Servos: real vs "knockoff"

[Panther6834]

Below, you will see two photos, each showing two Power HD servos. The one on the left I purchased 1-2 years ago, and came encased inside the usual metal box. The one on the right is one that I just ordered from a supposed RC retailer (Chicagoland RC), through their eBay listing, which came packaged inside a cardboard box. As you can see in the second photo, the one I already had was, inside the box, packaged as Power HD servos usually are, while the more recently purchased one looks like it was just dropped into a box, along with the Ziploc bag of 'accessories'.

I guess I should first ask whether anyone is aware of Power HD possibly having recently changed their packaging. Has power HD done this? Has anyone else recently ordered any Power HD servos, and received theirs packaged as the one on the right (ie. cardboard box)? I am certain that the one on the left is an actual Power HD servo again, as I have purchased a number of them over the past several years, and all of them have been packaged the same way (ie. metal box). It is the more recently purchased servo that I am wondering if it's an actual Power HD servo...or, a knockoff. Might anyone know?

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[WHITE-TRASH]

Nobody is going to do a knockoff of a cheap Chinese servo. :lol:

 

[Panther6834]

Re: Power HD Servos: real vs "knockoff"

Nobody is going to do a knockoff of a cheap Chinese servo. [emoji38]

Possibly true...unless it's a cheap high-quality Chinese servo. Besides, if you look at most servos, including those from major brands (ex. Traxxas, Spectrum, Hitec, etc), you'll notice they're made in China. On top of that, many of the "name brand" servos are actually produced by the same OEMs selling the same servos, for much lower prices, under their own name, or under a 'brand' name of their company. Put another way, what you consider a "cheap Chinese" servo could be the very same servo, under a "brand" name, that you consider 'quality'. AFGRC servos would be a perfect example.

As for Power HD, talk to people using them, and you'll find out how good they truly are. Long story, short, "don't judge a book by its cover".


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[ScaleLifeNewbie]

It’s a cheap $25 servo, what kind of packaging do you expect..? They’re gonna cut costs anywhere they can lol


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[tuxstang]

Most probably they started with a shiny packaging to dig their hole in the market then once established, they just went to the cheaper route.

 

[ColdFox]

Havent bought PowerHD in a while, but the one I bought like 6 years ago came in a carboard box like this one

 

[Jim85IROC]

None of my Power HD servos came in a fancy Altoids tin.

 

[Panther6834]

Re: Power HD Servos: real vs "knockoff"

None of my Power HD servos came in a fancy Altoids tin.

Up until this one in a cardboard box, all of the Power HD servos (except the 5 micro servos) I've purchased came in the metal boxes. To the best of my memory, the only servo I can remember purchasing that came in a cardboard box was one from Reve-D. PowerHobby, Futaba, NSDRC, Hitec, & ProTek have all been in plastic boxes.


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